PT-2006-3164 · Novell · Novell Netware

Published 2006-05-22 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-2185

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Novell Netware version 6.5 SP5

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by reading the username and password written in cleartext to the abend.log log file when the groupOperationsMethod function fails.

Recommendations For Novell Netware version 6.5 SP5, consider restricting access to the abend.log log file to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the groupOperationsMethod function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-2185

Affected Products

Novell Netware

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2185 · Security Note
• http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2973698.htm · Patch
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016106 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20288 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/25780 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1829 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26488 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/18017 · Note